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Post by Orcleous on Feb 24, 2014 22:20:36 GMT -6
"You have a point Ingrid", spoke Orcleous as he finished off his duck. He whipped his hands clean with a napkin and put his finger on one of the posters. "The first thing we need to do is come up with a good plan. I planned for us to leave after we had a talk about that Kyle", spoke the novice as he turned toward the archer. He then turned his gaze back toward the drawing. "The first step to defeating an enemy is to understand your enemy. A friend of mine named Seedle taught me that.. All the information I have on these guys come from my personal observations and reliable sources"
Orcleous turned his attention to a specific drawing and held it up for the rest to see. "This is their leader Helen", spoke Orcleous. "She is a skilled soldier and chooses to fight with a lance. She will probably be our toughest opponent. She has a taste for books and loves to read in her spare time." He then shifted to another picture. "This one is Morgan. She is a thief by trade and fights with a short sword. Like Helen she has a taste for books. Rumor has it though that she is at odds with the woman over leadership and there seems to be a unstable relationship with each other. This one", spoke Orcleous as he shifted to another picture. "On his one was a man with sharp eyes. This is Odin", spoke Orcleous with a more serious tone than with the others. "He is an archer who seems to be obsessed with the bow. From what I have heard he is quite skilled. When he is not eating or sleeping he is practicing with his bow. His determination to his craft is quite scary. I said before that Helen would probably be our worst problem, but that was only because she could fight up close. Odin would probably be our biggest threat if we faced him head on." Orcleous paused for a moment and then pointed to the poster in Ingrid's hand. "That one is Han", spoke Orcleous. "And more than likely he will be our first target. Han is a cavalier who loves his horse. He likes to take rides on his steed whenever they are not at work. It would probably be easier to ambush him over the rest of the group."
"Before you asked how I got this information", spoke Orcleous. "I spent the time to check out the group before I put up the flyers. It seems they take a day out of the week to simply relax. This is when they engage in their hobbies and their leisure time. Each one I have had a moment to simply watch and make observations. It is at this moment that Barta's beasts are at their most vulnerable. If we attacked them during this time we can get each one off guard and eliminate them before their comrades even figure out what is going on. That is my plan", spoke Orcleous. "Oh just to let you all now the day I am talking about is on Wednesday and as you all probably know that is today.
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Kyle
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Post by Kyle on Mar 1, 2014 21:49:18 GMT -6
Hm, judging by the description of their fighting habits it was clear who they should fight first. Well at least to Kyle it seemed to be. "We should take out Odin first." Kyle said, finishing his steak. If the group understood why then it would be even better, but there was a good chance that they would disagree with him. Fighting people at range was quite easy if the can't attack back, but this Odin apparently could and quiet efficiently at that. If they would take him out first if they encountered more than one of the group later they should have an advantage as they would no longer have any range support. But everyone has their own strategies and styles but he wouldn't push it at all if they really wanted to go after any of the others first.
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Post by Ingrid on Mar 2, 2014 10:19:23 GMT -6
Ingrid Nodded in approval to Kyle's plan.- It makes sense. it'll be the easiest target when alone and if they chase us in group we at least won't have to worry about catching an arrow to the knee.- She remembered how many old adventurers told her how such a thing ruined the wandering for them and the whole idea of having to return to her father ashamed and wounded by her arrogance. It just couldn't happen.
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Post by Orcleous on Mar 2, 2014 15:43:28 GMT -6
"Yes I am going to have to agree as well", spoke Orcleous. "Kyle you have a good head on you. I will remember that. Not only is Odin the most troublesome if the group attacks us all together, but he is also the one who is easiest to get along. If I remember correctly he usually separates himself from the group when he practices his archer. If we were to attack him then we could ambush him at the range and take him down before he could get the space to fire an arrow." Orcleous mind began to think on the situation. The novice began to stare at the table and mummer words to himself. He then looked up at Kyle and the bow he had at his side.
"I have an idea", spoke Orcleous as he pulled out a piece of paper. He began to draw a few squares on it and marked each one with a letter from every member. "Kyle I think you should go to the archery range for some practice", spoke Orcleous.
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Post by Kyle on Mar 2, 2014 17:41:31 GMT -6
Wow, that was easy the others agreed with him right off the bat. They then explained similar reasons to why they wanted to take Odin out first. Well it seemed that they weren't as bad as he originally thought, what a relief. But the only problem would be how to kill them now without getting in trouble or drawing attention to the others in the group that they are being killed off. This is going to have to be delicate.
Upon hearing hearing that he should go to the archery rang Kyle cocked an eyebrow. It seems that that would be the place Odin would go if he wanted to practice, but what was his plan? Were they going to try to get hi in that public place? No, that couldn't be right..... He really hoped he wasn't supposed to try to talk to him and lure him someplace, he wasn't exactly the best talker, not that he'd want to be. Oh well, he'd have to figure something out by himself then. Well there was one thing he really needed to know. "Alone?" He asked. Well he is never really alone, he always has his dog with him. But he needed to know what they would be doing in this time.
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Post by Ingrid on Mar 3, 2014 18:13:52 GMT -6
Well I can come along!- The girl told Kyle trying to be supportive. She really didn't understood what the markings on the paper where. Maybe the squares represented them but then which square was she, or the enemies?.
Regardless of her thoughts about the sheet of paper she couldn't help but wonder why would Orcleus wanted to get rid of these specific bandits. And now that she thought about it. How did he knew so much about them?. These questions only kept her growing suspicious of him, however she chose not asking now. She'd rather wait for a moment a bit more discreet.
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Post by Orcleous on Mar 3, 2014 20:11:05 GMT -6
"That might be a good idea Ingrid", spoke Orcleous. "My original idea on this plan was for kyle to distract him with a conversation about archery. When he is distracted the others and myslef can move in and try to get a sneak attack in. Even if we failed we would be close enough to cut him off and remove his ability to take a shot. However if Ingrid goes with you when you start to talk about archery then she will already be closer too him. I could attack him with my blade. Once his attention is on me it will leave an opening for you too to strike", spoke Orcleous.
As he spoke he drew lines on the sheet of paper from each box and moved them to a specific point. On paper the plan seemed perfect.
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Post by Kyle on Mar 3, 2014 21:00:05 GMT -6
Listening to his plan there was one thing he didn't really understand. Cocking an eyebrow he asked his main concern. "In public?" Kyle didn't really see how he could lure the man away if he actually had to talk to him, but how would killing him in public help anything? They would just be taken in as murderers and sent to jail. and if they even were able to clear their names ,the others would had to have heard about the commotion and went after them. So somehow Odin was supposed to get into a private area. Maybe Ingrid was the best choice for this part? If there was no other good plan, he might suggest it.
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Post by Ingrid on Mar 4, 2014 14:10:42 GMT -6
Ingrid took a moment to think about Kyle's question. It would be to risky to attack a man in the middle of the town so there should be a way to make it look either a legal thing or to drag Odin out of the town. Her head kept going around the possible ways to manage, but most implied either lying to him or back stabbing and that was just wrong. It wasn't her way to do this sort of assassin tactics. But then again none of them had the skill or strength to manage this in any other way. -How about you challange him to see who is the better archer? and we take him to the closest forest, where most of his arrows will be blocked by the trees.
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Post by Orcleous on Mar 4, 2014 14:51:35 GMT -6
"That sounds like a good idea Ingrid", spoke Orcleous. "However I don't think it will be needed. I scouted out the archer range he uses. The place receives most of its visitors on Sunday and Friday. Between those two days it is practically deserted. Every now and then some people come in, but on Wednesday there is usually no one there. That is probably the reason Odin goes to that range. From what I have seen of him he likes to be alone a lot. I think it might be an archer's thing or something because most of the ones I have meet are like that. Every now and then you get a perky one, but I digress. If you all don't feel good about attacking him at the archery range then we can switch to Ingird's plan. However we probably need to make our decision soon. It is almost noon. I don't want to miss our chance because we sat around the table talking about it. The best way I say to go about this is to put it too a vote", spoke Orcleous. "So what do you all think"?
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Post by Kyle on Mar 4, 2014 19:01:57 GMT -6
Hm, so it was empty now, was it? Well if they could get away with it in there it could save time and help burn through the group faster. It seemed they wouldn't have to use Kyle's alternate plan, that's probably a good thing. But the cleanup would be bad, hopefully it wouldn't get too messy. Ah well, time is money, or well maybe lives in this case. "Let's go." Kyle said as he stood up to head towards the archery range. After he paid for his meal of course, and getting his dog to follow. You can't ever forget your dog. You will NEVER have a more steadfast companion.
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Post by Ingrid on Mar 5, 2014 21:18:31 GMT -6
Ingrid nodded and tied her sword to her waist and paid for her meal,following after Kyle. Her attention quickly turned to the canine companion. She had always liked animals and this one seemed to be a real nice companion.- For how long have you known your friend?.- She asked Kyle hoping to start a conversation with him.
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Post by Orcleous on Mar 5, 2014 21:38:36 GMT -6
Orcleous paid for his meal and walked outside. "Remember to grab his attention and I will strike when he is most vulnerable.", spoke Orcleous. The Novice then disappeared into the crowd and moved on his own ahead. He needed to get there before the rest of them and chose a spot to strike from. The crimson novice pushed through the city till he reached the archery range. As he predicted it was practically deserted. There was one guy on the outside of the building and he was starting to leave. "Excuse me", spoke Orcleous to the man. "Is there anyone inside".
"Yeah there is somebody inside, but he aint much a conversation partner", spoke the man.
"Oh really", spoke Orcleous. "Well thank you", spoke the novice as he walked inside. Immediately Orcleous took a left inside the building. He did not want to be seen from the open court yard to the right. He instead went back to where they stored the broken and replacement targets. The novice walked to a nearby window and pulled himself up onto the frame. From there he climbed atop the building and moved along the roof. All of this sneaking and climbing was starting to tire Orcloeus, but he could not risk having Odin see him. He stopped right before he reached the open court yard. He peaked over the roof and saw Odin firing at a target.
All he needed to do was to get down from the roof and strike. He saw a good place to descend. There were a few crates stacked up in the corner of the court yard. If he lowered himself onto the first he could get down with little to no effort. However he could not do that with Odin at full alert. He would be heard for sure when he touched the crate and Odin would stick him with arrows. Orcleous was left to wait for the others.
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Post by Kyle on Mar 6, 2014 19:37:42 GMT -6
As he was walking out he saw Orcleous run past him, probably because he wanted to set up for the ambush. Silly of him, Kyle would have to lure him so he should have went after Kyle. Oh well. Kyle would have to see the layout once he got there anyways. Ingrid then walked up and began trying to converse with him it seemed. Oh joy. Human interaction. "4 Years" Kyle said. It was how old the dog was after all. Not that she would know.
Arriving at the front of the building Kyle took a peek in to study the layout. And there was Orcleous on the rafters. Why? Ah well, there seemed to be a storage area a bit behind where Odin was standing, maybe he could lure him in there for them to get him. He then pointed at the rafters above the storeroom, hopefully Orc would get the hint and get above it. It would make for an easier cleanup after all. He then turned back to Ingrid, "Go hide in that storeroom while I distract him." He told her, hopefully Odin wouldn't notice her or Orc.
Walking into the range he was a bit nervous, he was never good with people. hopefully this would work. He walked up to Odin displaying a false sense of confidence. "Hey, want to have wager? I bet I can shoot better than you." Kyle was obviously bluffing, well not obviously, but there was no way he could beat this man. "And let's make it interesting, lets shoot from that room back there to make it more challenging." That had to have been enough time for them to get into position. Hopefully this is all they would need to do this.
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Post by Ingrid on Mar 7, 2014 10:54:18 GMT -6
Kyle's response was more than dry, figuring he wasn't the talking type she stopped making questions. When He told her to go hide in the storage she nodded and tried to get there without calling the attention to her. the road was clear so it was quite easy to achieve, the archer seemed quite focused on his shooting to notice her.
Once in position she untied the sword from her waist and prepared to draw on command. She closed her eyes and tried to visualize what was she going to do on the moment, seeing herself making flips on the air and slicing arrows by the middle, smiling at her own childishness.
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